When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties – before he died in the early forties.
BOBBY FISCHERA piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he’s like an idiot savant. Outside of chess he knows nothing.
More Bobby Fischer Quotes
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I don’t like to dwell on the past. I’m interested in Fischerandom now, I am working on a new clock, I’m trying to make chess a more exciting game today. I am not interested in sitting in my rocking chair thinking what I did 10, 20 or 30 years ago.
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The main idea behind any opening is to get a strong pawn center and give your pieces a lot of scope so that you cramp your opponent’s position and can attack weaknesses in his game.
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So if you just brought them back from the dead they wouldn’t do well. They’d get bad openings.
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I don’t care! I don’t have to show anybody my games just because they’re a big shot!
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Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.
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Maybe I should publish the book. The world is coming to an end anyway!
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win… It’s hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.
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I have never opened with the QP – on principle.
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Blitz chess kills your ideas.
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You are never too old to play chess!
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They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.
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I love the game – and I hate the Russians because they’ve almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.
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I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.
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I was never invited to the White House.
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I don’t keep any close friends. I don’t keep any secrets. I don’t need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that’s all.
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